Chapter Summaries

Amosta and Remus visited Amelia in the hospital and met her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dett. When Amelia called him Mr. Breen, her parents were stunned by the name.

• Amosta and Remus overheard Amelia's parents urging her to rest and decided to visit her anyway.
• Amosta and Remus revealed their true appearances before entering Amelia's room.
• Amelia introduced the visitors to her parents as famous wizards assigned to a protective task.
• Amosta apologized to Mr. and Mrs. Dett for decisions that led to Amelia's injury.
• Amelia defended Amosta and addressed him as Mr. Breen, leaving her parents stunned.

Mr. and Mrs. Dett recognized uncanny similarities between Amosta Breen and someone tied to a painful memory, and they tried to learn more about him while visiting Amelia in hospital. After Amosta and Remus left to buy lunch ingredients, the Detts urgently asked Amelia to tell them everything she knew about Amosta.

• Amelia told Amosta and Remus what she had learned about the previous night's events and regretted missing the chance to meet Newt Scamander.
• Mr. and Mrs. Dett reacted with shock to Amosta's name and questioned him about his London upbringing, his mother, and his age.
• Amosta said he was twenty-five and had grown up in London, deepening the Detts' belief that he matched someone from their past.
• When Amosta and Remus prepared to leave, Mr. Dett persuaded them to stay for lunch, and Mrs. Dett sent them to buy ingredients.
• After Amosta and Remus left, Mr. and Mrs. Dett urgently asked Amelia to tell them everything she knew about Amosta.

Amelia told her parents about Amosta Breen, and his fame and Muggle-born origins convinced the Detts that he might be the son of Bena and Amosta Dett’s old friend. They concealed their distress from Amelia, while Amosta later returned to the ward and saw the family together.

• Amelia explained Amosta Breen’s titles, reputation, and Muggle-born background to her parents.
• Mrs. Dett and Mr. Dett grew concerned because Amosta’s name, age, and appearance reminded them of their old friend and the child Bena had named after him.
• Mr. Dett asked whether the wizarding press had reported anything about Amosta’s parents, and Amelia said she knew only that he was Muggle-born.
• The Detts composed themselves before Amelia returned, and Mr. Dett hid his hoarse voice while Mrs. Dett busied herself in the kitchen.
• Amosta returned to the ward with Remus and watched Amelia and her parents sharing an ordinary family moment.

Amosta cooked lunch for the Detts and told them he had grown up in a Muggle orphanage after his mother left him there. Mr. and Mrs. Dett realized he was the child Bena had abandoned, and the chapter ended as Amosta served the meal.

• Amosta took over cooking after Mrs. Dett broke several plates, and he explained that traveling by Floo Network or Apparition affected Muggles more severely than wizards.
• Amosta said he had learned to cook at a Muggle orphanage and confirmed that he had grown up there.
• Mr. and Mrs. Dett asked about Amosta’s parents, and Remus noticed their unusual concern.
• Amosta explained that his mother had left him at the orphanage with a note bearing the name 'Amosta Breen,' and Mr. and Mrs. Dett recognized him as Bena’s child.
• Amosta said he had found his father years later and met him once before he died of cancer, then served lunch.

After visiting Amelia's parents, Amosta told Remus how Severus had learned about his painful childhood and why he had guided him at Hogwarts. That night, a sinister wizard confronted a man in a magically sealed park and decided to kill him.

• Amosta and Remus stayed for dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Dett, who regretted how they had treated Bellina and hoped to invite Amosta back.
• Amelia comforted her grieving mother, who asked whether Amosta would agree to another meal at their home.
• Amosta told Remus that Severus had learned about his childhood while visiting the orphanage and had tried to protect him from repeating his own mistakes.
• Remus reflected on his old conflict with Severus and the need to work together against Voldemort.
• A sinister wizard trapped a man in a hidden park on the East River, dismissed his plea to leave, and said the safest way to keep a secret was to kill him.

Newt rescued a newborn Murtlap and reported that the reserve’s experts had starved the Antipodean Opaleye before he and Amosta returned to the cabin. There, Newt asked Amosta to help pressure Graves to release the imprisoned Venomous Tentacula.

• Newt watched the Antipodean Opaleye finish feeding and sleep, then stopped Hobi from eating a newborn Murtlap and asked a reserve worker to return it to its mother.
• Amosta teased a Swooping Evil near the cabin until Newt warned that frightened creatures could lose their sense of direction while teleporting.
• Newt told Amosta that the reserve’s experts had tried to tame the Antipodean Opaleye by feeding it dead goats, despite having starved it and kept Newt away.
• Newt explained that Graves had locked the Venomous Tentacula in a heavily guarded prison and refused to let Newt care for it.
• Newt asked Amosta to write a letter urging Graves to end his unfair treatment of the Venomous Tentacula.

Amosta refused Newt’s request to write to Thrak Grevis, explaining that the Ministry’s head of security distrusted him and kept him under surveillance. They discussed the mysterious poaching of dangerous magical creatures and the risk that the stolen animals could be used to attack New York, before Newt led Amosta to meet Lait.

• Amosta told Newt he could not help by writing to Thrak Grevis because his letter might worsen matters, and revealed that the Ministry required him to surrender his wand and remain under surveillance.
• Newt explained that the Department of Security had restricted which of his magical creatures could enter the country, though it had reluctantly allowed Lait to accompany him.
• Amosta asked about Newt’s investigation into the missing creatures, and Newt said the poachers had taken several dangerous species without leaving a trace.
• Amosta and Newt considered why the poachers had targeted creatures such as the Quintaped and feared the animals might be used for attacks in New York.
• Amosta offered to help Newt look for Narlack, and Newt invited him to see Lait because there was something he needed to know.

Amosta visited the Basilisk Lait in Newt’s underground chamber and discovered how Newt had cared for it. When Lait recognized Amosta, it panicked and crashed into the statue of Salazar Slytherin.

• Amosta followed Newt into an underground chamber modeled after the Chamber of Secrets, where Lait slept beside a statue of Salazar Slytherin.
• Newt explained that the Ministry had failed to manage Lait and that he built it a special room so it could eat and sleep.
• Amosta sensed that Lait’s soul had unusually low activity, which might explain how it had survived for a thousand years.
• Lait woke, and Newt used Parseltongue to tell it that he had brought an old friend to visit.
• Amosta greeted Lait, but the Basilisk recognized him, turned to flee, and smashed its head into the statue’s leg.

Amosta subdued Newt’s Basilisk and learned that a Slytherin family crest had once been hidden inside one of its fangs. He ordered the Basilisk to spit out the crest, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Amosta saved Newt from Slytherin’s falling statue, melted the statue, and lit the chamber with golden flames.
• Amosta forced the Basilisk to back out of the wall and restrained it with a flaming collar.
• Amosta examined the Basilisk’s fangs, and Newt explained that Dumbledore had received one fang while another had contained a Mithril-and-gold Slytherin crest.
• Newt said that the Basilisk had asked him to return the crest to its stomach, and Dumbledore had told Newt to share the discovery with Amosta.
• Amosta considered the crest’s possible connection to his investigation of the Founders’ relics and ordered the Basilisk to spit it out.

Amosta forced Lait the Basilisk to surrender Salazar Slytherin’s mithril family crest, which Newt had hoped to keep for the creature. After examining its goblin-made markings, Amosta suspected it was a key and took it with him to confirm his theory.

• Amosta refused Newt’s request to leave the crest with Lait, explaining that he believed Salazar Slytherin had left it for him.
• Amosta threatened Lait until the Basilisk spat out the crest, and he cleaned the stomach fluid from it with magic.
• Amosta examined the crest and found that its purpose was unclear, though it bore traces of magic and goblin-made patterns.
• Amosta connected the markings to goblin writing and suspected the crest was a key, so he told Newt he needed to take it to confirm his theory.
• Newt asked Amosta to return the crest to Lait if it was no longer useful to him.

Amosta promised the Basilisk he would return Salazar’s crest if it became useless, but the creature chose to stay with Newt rather than join him. Back at the hotel, Amosta discussed the coming review committee and learned that Amelia’s parents had invited him to dinner.

• Amosta agreed to return Salazar’s family crest to the Basilisk if he no longer needed it.
• Amosta offered the Basilisk a chance to leave with him, but it hid behind Newt and chose to stay.
• Newt told Amosta that the Joint Review Committee would question him about his project and complained that Grevis kept him out of the magical-creature investigation.
• Amosta returned to the hotel, where Remus studied the review materials and Amelia had come back after recovering from her injury.
• Amelia told Amosta that her parents had returned home and invited him to dinner.

MACUSA security chief Trake Grevis met with international cooperation chief Marcyll, who used British imports and a delayed shipment of Potions to press him over the border lockdown. Grevis promised a return to normal, leaving Marcyll unsure whether he had already guessed that she wanted to discuss Amosta Breen.

• After facing reporters’ questions about missing magical creatures and Venomous Tentacula smugglers, Trake Grevis met with a subordinate and later took dinner in the Woolworth Building.
• Marcyll joined Grevis and raised Albus Dumbledore’s claim that Voldemort had returned, along with Amosta Breen’s visit to MACUSA.
• Marcyll explained that MACUSA relied on British imports and that the border lockdown had delayed a shipment of Potions, prompting O'Brien to threaten to impeach her.
• Grevis shifted blame toward the election and then assured Marcyll that everything would return to normal as soon as possible.
• Marcyll doubted Grevis could ease the lockdown while magical creature disappearances and smuggling remained unresolved, and wondered whether he had guessed her purpose.

Marcyll tested Trake Grevis’s reasons for obstructing the Learning Machine’s entry into the American market, while Trake concealed that his real concern was Amosta Breen. Their discussion ended abruptly when Trake became violently ill and rushed away, leaving Marcyll without an answer.

• Marcyll discussed the Learning Machine’s review and potential market with Trake, trying to learn why he opposed its introduction.
• Marcyll suggested Dumbledore’s involvement could reassure the public and proposed regular inspections of the device.
• Trake remained silent because he feared Amosta Breen’s repeated visits to New York, not the business’s profits.
• Trake suddenly turned deathly pale, dropped his sandwich, and hurried toward the elevator after claiming he had an urgent matter to handle.

Graves endured a worsening curse and concluded that he had little time left. Meanwhile, Sato Ryuhei escaped pursuers beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, but after killing a gang in a warehouse, he still had no clear way out.

• Graves fled to his safe house and swallowed a potion amid the curse's brutal pain, then noticed its lasting effects and admitted he had little time left.
• A wounded man emerged from the East River, hid a bead of his blood inside a bass, and Apparated away before cloaked wizards arrived and tracked him back underwater.
• Sato Ryuhei entered a warehouse filled with armed Muggles and attacked them with spells after they discovered him.
• Sato Ryuhei staggered out of the warehouse and wondered how he could escape his predicament.

Amosta received an invitation to dinner from Amelia’s parents but hesitated over the risks of being acknowledged as family. An anonymous letter offered clues about the poaching of Level 5X Magical Creatures, and Amosta decided to pursue the lead after the Joint Review Committee.

• Amelia told Amosta and Remus that her parents had invited them to dinner, but Remus politely declined because of his work for the Joint Review Committee.
• Amosta worried that accepting the invitation could expose vulnerabilities to Voldemort.
• A hotel attendant delivered Amosta an anonymous letter, and Amelia and Remus warned him it might be a trap.
• Amosta opened the letter and found an offer of clues about the criminal poaching Level 5X Magical Creatures.
• Amosta explained that the sender might be unable to approach the Department of Security or Newt Scamander, then considered meeting them at a Muggle café two days later.

Amosta Breen and Remus arrived at MACUSA, where Marcyll White and Thrak Grevis formally welcomed them before the Joint Review Committee meeting. Grevis showed unease around Amosta, and the chapter ended as the committee prepared to begin its review.

• Amelia led Amosta and Remus into MACUSA, where officials, reporters, and onlookers had gathered to greet them.
• Marcyll White welcomed Amosta and praised him, and Amosta responded with polished compliments about her work.
• Marcyll introduced Thrak Grevis, whose encounter with Amosta left him unsettled and regretful that he had allowed the visit to happen.
• The delegation spent about an hour answering reporters and posing for photographs while Grevis kept out of the conversation.
• The group entered a magically isolated conference room, and Remus took the review documents from his briefcase as Amosta prepared to begin.

Amosta proposed selling the Learning Machine in America through local distributors, shifting costs and opening the trade to influential magical families. His offer changed the dispute from a safety review into a contest over the profits, leaving Marcyll eager to support the plan and Trake under pressure.

• Remus explained the Learning Machine's functions and safety to MACUSA officials, then finished his presentation.
• Amosta announced that the workshop's European direct-sales model would not suit the American magical community because of tariffs and shipping costs.
• Marcyll suspected Amosta was seeking special tariff treatment, but he instead proposed working with local American workshops and retailers who would pay deposits and cover transportation costs.
• Marcyll recognized that Amosta's distribution proposal could draw influential magical families into the trade and pressure Congress to support it.
• Marcyll reconsidered the proposal as an opportunity to secure a share of the benefits, while Trake grew visibly tense.

Amosta Breen offered MACUSA officials two ways to profit from Learning Machine sales: direct distribution or licensing local production. His proposals shifted support toward the venture and left Trake Grevis politically weakened, but Amosta still needed an answer from him.

• Amosta Breen proposed that American workshops manufacture Learning Machines locally under licenses, alongside the option of distributing finished machines.
• Marcyll White and the MACUSA officials recognized the economic and political advantages of the proposals, including the potential to apply the new business models across other industries.
• Amosta explained that his win-win approach would bring local interests into the business and build support for approving the trade review.
• Trake Grevis realized that rejecting the application would cost him political support, while Amelia worried over the damage to his standing.
• Amosta reserved the right to set final retail prices and limit production authorizations, then awaited Trake Grevis's answer.

At the review committee, Amosta offered to share the Learning Machine’s Magic Corridor blueprint with a security team to restore Graves’s dignity and secure approval. Marcyll backed the machine, and Graves declared it safe, clearing the way for its entry into the American market.

• Amosta considered Graves’s hostility and noticed signs of fear and a dangerously unstable condition in his body.
• Amosta acknowledged the Department of Security’s concerns about the Learning Machine and offered Graves’s team access to its Magic Corridor blueprint under confidentiality contracts.
• Remus was startled by Amosta’s offer, while Marcyll worried it could reopen the dispute.
• Marcyll cited the Learning Machine’s European safety record and Dumbledore’s support for its development.
• Graves accepted that the machine was safe and harmless on behalf of the Department of Security and the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

After securing progress on a trade agreement in New York, Amosta outlined plans to expand sales, production, and after-sales services while warning Remus and Amelia that the growing business would fund the coming war against Voldemort. The group left the meeting with negotiations and recruitment ahead, and Amelia was shaken by Amosta’s warning that no one was guaranteed to survive.

• Remus realized the trade agreement would require extensive negotiations, background checks, and business planning, while Amosta and Amelia handled meetings and a reception in New York.
• Amosta told Remus to keep repairs, maintenance, and learning-permission upgrades under their control by building their own after-sales service network.
• Amosta offered to have Bana send goblins to help Remus negotiate and urged him to expand production and recruit workers and wizards for international growth.
• Amosta explained that expanding into the American market and other continents would raise gold needed to support the war against Voldemort.
• Remus asked whether Voldemort had truly returned, and Amosta said the war had begun and no one could be sure of surviving it.
• Amelia was stunned by Amosta’s warning, recalled the warmth she had felt when he borrowed her wand, and hurried after him when he called to her.